Zack Polanski
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Palantir lobbies UK health minister to expand AI use in NHS GP records
Palantir has been lobbying UK health officials to expand its AI technology's access to National Health Service (NHS) general practitioner (GP) records. The company, whose existing £330m contract with NHS England for its…
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UK Green Party labels Zionism as racism, sparking backlash
The UK Green Party has voted to define Zionism as racism, a decision that has sparked significant backlash from British Jewish groups and the Israeli government. The motion, passed at the party's annual meeting with a v…
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UK datacenters to create 25% of predicted jobs, analysis finds
New analysis from the environmental thinktank Verdant suggests that planned datacenters in the UK will create significantly fewer jobs than the tech sector's lobby group, TechUK, has predicted. Verdant estimates 10,400 …
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UK government data center plans lack transparency amid AI boom concerns
The UK government's plans to construct new data centers face criticism due to a lack of transparency regarding their purpose and benefits. A Freedom of Information request revealed that the government does not fully und…
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UK government unaware of datacentre usage amid AI boom concerns · 2 sources tracked
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that the UK government lacks knowledge regarding the specific uses of its datacenters, despite concerns about the environmental impact of the AI boom. The Department for Sci…
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UK Labour and Green Party clash over data center construction
The Green Party of England & Wales and the Labour Party are at odds over the construction of data centers in the UK. Andy Burnham's administration has rejected calls from Zack Polanski to pause these developments, which…
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UK Labour rejects Green Party call to pause AI datacentre construction
The Labour Party in the UK has rejected a proposal from Green Party leader Zack Polanski to halt the construction of large AI datacenters. Polanski argued these facilities are energy and water-intensive and should be pa…
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AI advancement and water supply protection seen as contradictory government goals
A user on Mastodon expressed that a government cannot simultaneously pursue advancements in artificial intelligence and prioritize the safeguarding of human water supplies, asserting these goals are contradictory. The p…
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Palantir's UK chief defends company amid public sector data concerns
Louis Mosley, the UK and Europe boss for Palantir, is facing increased scrutiny due to the company's controversial work and its significant contracts with the British public sector. Critics are calling for the governmen…